U.S. v. Skinner, No. 09-6497 (6th Cir.) (690 F.3d 772) (August 14, 2012) (Judge John M. Rogers)
Loaded on Sept. 3, 2012
published in Punch and Jurists
September 03, 2012
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Warrantless Searches.
In U.S. v. Jones, 565 U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 945 (2012), the Supreme Court unanimously held that physically attaching a GPS tracking device to a vehicle constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment - although, in the majority and two concurring opinions, the Justices largely agreed on little else.
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